Skinning around the fingernails may be caused by dry environment, excessive cleaning and other physiological factors, usually do not need to take special treatment. Or consider dry eczema, ringworm and other skin diseases, need to take medication for the cause of the disease.
1. Physiological factors: due to the dry environment, excessive cleaning and other factors, may lead to dry skin on the hands, appearing around the fingernail peeling barbs. This kind of situation, no need to take special treatment, keep the hand skin moist, avoid excessive hand washing can be.
2. Skin diseases: common diseases such as dry eczema, ringworm and so on.
(1) dry eczema: the skin around the fingernail barbs may also be dry eczema, the patient can be guided by a doctor to use topical glucocorticosteroid drugs, such as hydrocortisone cream, mometasone furoate cream and so on.
(2) tinea pedis: the skin around the fingernail barbs are also considered to be caused by tinea pedis, the patient can follow the doctor’s instructions for external use of antifungal drugs, such as miconazole nitrate cream, terbinafine cream, etc., if the lesions are thicker, can be used externally to exfoliate the agent, such as salicylic acid ointment, etc..
There are a lot of diseases that cause skinned barbs around the fingernails, and it is recommended that patients go to the dermatology department of regular hospitals in time to make a clear diagnosis, and follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.